#011 - I Thought I Was Burned Out. It Was Worse

You've done the breathing exercises. You've tried the meditation app. And yet that low hum of tension behind your eyes and in your shoulders never actually leaves.That's not a willpower problem. It's a nervous system that stopped completing its recovery cycle, possibly years ago, and the cost of that is compounding in places you can't feel yet but your body is already keeping score.This episode breaks down what vagal tone actually is, why the stress recovery industry can't sell you a shortcut to it, and why the things that genuinely work have been free and available for every generation before yours.